Video Ad Feedback Ralph Yarl's attorney gives update on his condition 00:55 • Source: CNN Latest Videos 15 videos • Source: CNN " data-fave-thumbnails="{"big": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/230417180215-ben-crump-ralph-yarl-shooting-update-lead-sot-vpx-00000000.png?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill" }, "small": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/230417180215-ben-crump-ralph-yarl-shooting-update-lead-sot-vpx-00000000.png?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill" } }" data-vr-video="false" data-show-html="The Lead" data-byline-html=" " data-timestamp-html=" Updated 12:29 AM EDT, Wed April 19, 2023 " data-check-event-based-preview="" data-is-vertical-video-embed="false" data-network-id="" data-publish-date="2023-04-17T22:18:35Z" data-video-section="us" data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2023/04/17/ben-crump-ralph-yarl-shooting-update-lead-sot-vpx.cnn" data-branding-key="" data-video-slug="ben crump ralph yarl shooting update lead sot vpx" 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data-publish-date="2026-02-24T14:13:40.947Z" data-video-section="us" data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/us/video/nancy-guthrie-savannah-guthrie-new-video-reward-digvid" data-branding-key="" data-video-slug="nancy-guthrie-savannah-guthrie-new-video-reward-digvid" data-first-publish-slug="nancy-guthrie-savannah-guthrie-new-video-reward-digvid" data-video-tags="" data-breakpoints='{"video-resource--media-extra-large": 660}' data-display-video-cover="true" data-details=""> Guthrie family offers $1 million reward in new video 04:05 Now playing • Source: CNN • Source: CNN " data-fave-thumbnails="{"big": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/artemis-ii-countdown-demonstration-test-nhq202512200008z.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill" }, "small": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/artemis-ii-countdown-demonstration-test-nhq202512200008z.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill" } }" data-vr-video="false" data-show-html="" data-byline-html=" " data-timestamp-html=" Updated 12:29 AM EDT, Wed April 19, 2023 " data-check-event-based-preview="" data-is-vertical-video-embed="false" data-network-id="" data-publish-date="2026-02-24T22:12:22.198Z" data-video-section="science" data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/science/video/nasa-artemis-2-delay-helium-leak-digvid" data-branding-key="" data-video-slug="nasa-artemis-2-delay-helium-leak-digvid" data-first-publish-slug="nasa-artemis-2-delay-helium-leak-digvid" data-video-tags="" data-breakpoints='{"video-resource--media-extra-large": 660}' data-display-video-cover="true" data-details=""> Video Ad Feedback NASA's historic moon mission hits a snag 03:10 Now playing • Source: CNN • Source: CNN " data-fave-thumbnails="{"big": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/still-22391792-94020-still.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill" }, "small": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/still-22391792-94020-still.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill" } }" data-vr-video="false" data-show-html="" data-byline-html=" " data-timestamp-html=" Updated 12:29 AM EDT, Wed April 19, 2023 " data-check-event-based-preview="" data-is-vertical-video-embed="false" data-network-id="" data-publish-date="2026-02-24T11:43:33.707Z" data-video-section="sport" data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/sport/video/usa-mens-hockey-team-controversy-locker-room-trump-call-digvid" data-branding-key="" data-video-slug="usa-mens-hockey-team-controversy-locker-room-trump-call-digvid" data-first-publish-slug="usa-mens-hockey-team-controversy-locker-room-trump-call-digvid" data-video-tags="" data-breakpoints='{"video-resource--media-extra-large": 660}' data-display-video-cover="true" data-details=""> Video Ad Feedback Why US men's hockey team is under fire after call with Trump 04:39 Now playing • Source: CNN • Source: CNN " data-fave-thumbnails="{"big": { "uri": 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Andrew Lester, who faces two felony charges – assault in the first degree and armed criminal action – in the April 13 shooting of Ralph Yarl, will be arraigned Wednesday afternoon, according to Yarl family attorney Lee Merritt. CNN has reached out to prosecutors to confirm the information.
Lester turned himself in at a detention center Tuesday then hours later was released on bail. The conditions of his $200,000 bond prohibit him from having any type of weapon and cannot have direct or indirect contact with Yarl or his family, according to Clay County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Sarah Boyd.
Ralph, 16, was shot in the head and arm after he went to the wrong address to pick up his siblings. He has been released from a hospital but faces an arduous road to recovery, his family said.
Lester has told police he and the teen did not exchange words before he fired at him through a locked glass door.
This booking photo of Andrew Lester was taken after he turned himself in to authorities Tuesday. Clay County, Missouri, Sheriff's Office CNN has not been able to reach the homeowner. CNN has yet to determine whether Lester has an attorney.
The criminal charges have brought a bit of comfort to Ralph’s family – but long roads lie ahead, both with Ralph’s recovery and the quest for justice, his aunt Faith Spoonmore told CNN.
“It’s not as simple as turning a page,” Spoonmore said Tuesday. “It’s a little better that he is – hopefully – going to get part of what of he deserves.”
But questions remain over why Lester was initially detained but released a few hours after the April 13 shooting.
“I share the outrage and concern of many in asking why,” Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas told CNN.
“In Missouri, you can have a 24-hour hold. It is clear here that this was two or three hours, where they questioned the suspect. He was able to go back home that evening.”
Lester told police he fired immediately after answering the doorbell when he saw Ralph pulling on an exterior door handle, according to the probable cause document obtained by CNN.
Lester thought Ralph was trying to break in to the home and was “scared to death” due to the boy’s size, according to the document.
Ralph Yarl From Instagram Officers responded just before 10 p.m. that night after receiving reports of a shooting. When they arrived, they found Ralph wounded in the street.
The shooting left Ralph, who plays bass clarinet and is a band leader in school, with gunshot wounds to his head and arm. While he was hospitalized, Ralph told police he did not pull on the door, according to the document.
It was “nothing short of a miracle” that Ralph was discharged from the hospital, his attorney Ben Crump told CNN on Monday. But “he’s not out of the woods yet.”
The shooting fueled protests in Kansas City and stirred memories of Trayvon Martin and Ahmaud Arbery – young Black males who were shot and killed by men who later claimed self-defense.
Demonstrators have marched through Kansas City chanting, “Justice for Ralph,” and calling for the shooter’s arrest.
The shooting also came days before a 20-year-old woman was shot and killed in upstate New York after she and three others accidentally turned into the wrong driveway.
This image from a GoFundMe page shows Kaylin Gillis. A 20-year-old woman was fatally shot Saturday night after she and three other people accidentally turned into the wrong driveway in Hebron, a rural town in upstate New York, according to Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy. From gofundme/Kaylin Gillis Related article A 20-year-old woman was shot and killed after accidentally turning into the wrong driveway in upstate New York, officials say
While Ralph’s attorneys say the teen never posed a threat to his shooter, it remains unclear whether Missouri’s “stand your ground” law will be cited in Lester’s defense case.
“Stand your ground” laws allow people to respond to threats or force without fear of criminal prosecution in any place where a person has the right to be.
Ralph’s aunt challenged the notion that her nephew’s “size” could be a threat.
“I really don’t understand how,” Spoonmore said. “I doubt Ralph is even 170 pounds. Ralph is not even 6 feet (tall).”
